The IDNR Office of Oil and Gas Resource Management, which
administers the program, is now accepting applications from
qualifying landowners.

“The Landowner Grant Program is an important cooperative effort
between private property owners and the IDNR which helps
individuals to return their property to its original use,”
Director Miller said.

Plugging is the process of removing production equipment and
decommissioning a well that is no longer in use by sealing the
well, usually by filling it with cement and drilling mud to a
prescribed depth and restoring the well site to its
pre-production condition.

Copies of the application form also can be obtained by contacting
the Office of Oil and Gas Resource Management, Illinois Department
of Natural Resources, One Natural Resources Way, Springfield, IL
62702-1271, phone (217) 782-7756.